Come to the library. Please come in. Are you a student? This is a good place to study. Please，close the door softly. Everyone is quiet here. Students study in quiet places.
There are many books here. There are many different kinds. You can use them for your classes. There are books about other countries，like Japan and Mexico. You can find history books，too. Take one. Read about the old days. Or read a literature（文学） book. Read stories. Stories are one kind of literature. The library is a quiet place. So it is a good place to study. Many students come here. They use the computers. They read school books of all kinds. For example，they read science books. The students study their lessons. They find answers to questions in books. There is a big dictionary，too. It is on a special little table. It’s in the corner. There is information at the library for students’ papers.
There are librarians here. Librarians help students. They know all about books. They can find information fast. They help students with their work.
One librarian is Bill Church. Bill is a quiet man. But you can talk to him. You can even call him on the telephone. You can ask him questions. He will help you. He finds answers to questions. He uses the computers in the library. He knows answers to many questions. He can find books and information fast.
There are many things to do. You can read for fun. You can look at pictures. You can play on the computers. But don’t talk loud! Libraries are quiet places for people to read. A person must not talk loud in a library. A person must whisper. Go to the library and enjoy it. But please，be quiet for other people.
Students come to the library ____________.
| A．to make friends | B．to read for fun |
| C．to make phone calls | D．to talk with librarians |
What does the underlined word “whisper” mean?
| A．Talk quietly. | B．Speak loudly. |
| C．Be quiet. | D．Read fast. |
What does a librarian do to help students?
| A．He reads books for students. |
| B．He saves some documents for students. |
| C．He finds books fast for students. |
| D．He writes down the students’ names. |
What is the best title?
| A．Let’s Read Together |
| B．Come To The Library |
| C．A Good Place To Work At |
| D．Libraries Have Big Dictionaries |
Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.
In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.
Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829 , the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.
Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid.
| A．a few | B．nothing | C．a little | D．a lot |
About 300 years ago, many people.
| A．wanted to leave London |
| B．had big houses in London |
| C．became policemen |
| D．came to live in London |
People didn’t leave their houses because.
| A．they had no money |
| B．they were afraid of losing money |
| C．the city was not clean |
| D．they liked homes |
The “Bow Street Runners”.
| A．stopped people stealing |
| B．stole money |
| C．paid people to steal |
| D．stopped people riding horses |
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Lost dog Medium size, spotted white short hair..Answer you when you call it David. Many thanks for returning it. Call Susan at 7328059. |
| Taxi driver wanted Full time. Experience and good knowledge of the city are necessary. Under 45 years old. Call Mr. White at 5132683 |
Apartment for sale Two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Hot water 8:00 - 18:00. Beautiful sights out of the windows. E-mail: sdgt@ 163.com. |
If you want to ______,you can make a call. The number is 67895532.
| A．take guitar lessons | B．employ a musician |
| C．learn to drive | D．sell your guitar |
Who should you call if you find the lost dog ?
| A．Larry | B．David | C．Mr. White | D．Susan |
When is hot water provided in the apartment?
| A．At any time. | B．At night. |
| C．In the day time. | D．Only in the morning |
The four passages above are ______.
| A．pieces of news | B．letters |
| C．telephone messages | D．advertisements |
Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.
Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.
Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed.
Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.
Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay.
Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.Dolores became a ____ after she left college.
| A．farmer | B．teacher | C．worker | D．lawyer |
Dolores gave up her first job because ____.
| A．she found it was too boring for her |
| B．the work condition was too bad |
| C．she wanted to do more for others |
| D．she got little pay for her work |
How did Dolores help farm workers?
| A．She gave them food and clothes. |
| B．She helped them teach their children. |
| C．She helped them got more pay. |
| D．She made new laws for them. |
My name is Sam. I’m tall. I have a round face and big eyes. I have a good friend. His name is Tom. He is short. He has red hair and big eyes. His favorite actor is Jackie Chan, and he thinks Jackie Chan is strong and cool.
Our Chinese teacher is Miss Zhang. She is from Shanghai. She is 25 years old. She has long, black hair. She’s Tom’s favorite teacher.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
A．tall B．cool C．short
A．Sam B．Tom C．Sam and Tom
A．teacher B．actor C．student
A．England B．China C．Cuba
A．Jackie Chan is cool and strong.
B．Tom doesn’t like Miss Zhang.
C．Miss Zhang is a young woman.
Look at the woman in a yellow dress. She is my teacher. She teaches（教）me English. She is a good teacher. She is from England. Her Chinese name is Li Hong. Her bike is green. Lin Mei is her friend. She’s a Chinese teacher. Her bike is red. They are in the same school.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
A．an English teacher B．a Chinese teacher C．Li Hong’s sister
A．Blue B．Red C．Yellow
A．Chinese B．teachers C．students
A．Red B．Green C．Blue
A．Li Hong and Lin Mei are in different schools.
B．Li Hong is an English teacher.
C．Lin Mei is in a yellow dress.